TORONTO (REUTERS) - Will Zalatoris was named PGA Tour Rookie of the Year on Monday (Sept 13) in a vote by his peers following a season in which he counted a Masters runner-up showing among his eight top-10 finishes.

Zalatoris was selected for the Arnold Palmer Award over South African Garrick Higgo, making the 25-year-old American the first PGA Tour special temporary member to win Rookie of the Year honours since Charles Howell III in 2001.